Mateo: “Maybe I should have complained about the arbitration in Piraeus, but then I wouldn’t be myself”

After three years as its first coach Real Madrid and a total of eleven consecutive years in the “family” of “Merengues”, Mateo He left the bench of the “Queen”, leaving the club’s reins to Sergio Skarolos.

The 56 -year -old Spanish technician gave a big interview to AS, speaking all the time about his career to the ACB champions.

Among other things, Mateo also referred to her playoffs this year’s games Euroleague with an opponent of Olympicmaking special reference to Game 2 arbitration at the Peace and Friendship Stadium.

What he said:



“Maybe I should have complained about the arbitration in Piraeus, but then I wouldn’t be myself. I think many variables affect the game, but they should not be mentioned: injuries, arbitration, budget … I hate it, I hate it when people start talking about things that can affect, using them when I lose and not when I win. It’s not my style.

During a match, you are trying to go beyond the limits and make it appear that a referee may have been wrong, but then I tighten their hand. Because this is another thing I hate. “Why are you leaving so fast?”. I often tell them. I’ll shake their hand. I like to treat them like athletes. The game is over, and at least I am not going to say if they decided correctly or wrong ».